title: Injuries after use of the lacrimatory agent chloroacetophenone in a confined space.
abstract: When the lacrimatory agent chloroacetophenone was released into 44 prisoner cells, 8 prisoners required hospitalization and 20 more received outpatient physician care for injuries. Contact with water contributed to the injuries caused by chloroacetophenone, but prolonged exposure in a confined space was probably the principal cause of morbidity. In a confined space the lacrimatory agent chloroacetophenone is relatively toxic.
mesh_terms: D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners; D002721:omega-Chloroacetophenone / Q000506:poisoning*
chemical_list: D002721:omega-Chloroacetophenone